John Sligo
Life
He was born in 1794 in Leith the son of John Sligo of Carmyle (d.1808){{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D346727|title = Catalogue description Will of John Sligo, Merchant in Leith of Carmyle , Lanarkshire}} and his wife Christian Knox.[https://www.myheritage.com/names/john_sligo John Sligo] myheritage.com His father was a tea and spirit merchant trading on Broad Wynd just off the Shore.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1784
In 1820 his widowed mother was living at 9 Constitution Street in Leith.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1820
John lived at 5 Drummond Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town from the 1820s.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1825
In 1827 he became a member of the Highland Society. In 1832 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-07-07|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
In 1857 he is listed as a Director of the Edinburgh to Bathgate Railway (part of the North British Railway).Bradshaw's General Railway Directory 1857
He died at 5 Drummond PlaceEdinburgh Post Office Directory 1858 in 1858 aged 63.
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